Atwater Loop Trail

Atwater Loop Trail is a 3.8 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Kalamazoo, MI that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible from May until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

3.8 miles224 feetLoop

dogs on leash

kid friendly

birding

hiking

mountain biking

nature trips

snowshoeing

trail running

walking

cross country skiing

horseback riding

cave

forest

lake

river

views

wild flowers

wildlife

bugs

muddy

snow

Al Sabo Preserve is an area of northeastern Texas Township, in southwestern Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It comprises 741 acres of marsh, forest, streams, and rolling hills. Numerous trails provide recreational opportunities throughout the Preserve.

At first glance from the entrance this appears to be a very pedestrian trail. It is however anything but. There are so many off shoots throughout the preserve. Trails seem to go every which way making it an expansive maze of pine forest, streams, and ponds. This is a place where one should try to spend an entire day just exploring. You can really get the feeling that you are miles from anything. It is not a difficult trail but there are section that can get your heart racing due to the inclines in the trail. If you keep an eye out you'll find the wooden trail through the swamp. All in all it is a great place that you do not have to be far from town to enjoy.

This is one of my new favorite places, it has a ton of hiking trails through lots of varied scenery. There are also around five miles of mountain biking trails with hills, roots and a log jump. There are several sandy spots.